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TYPE SETTING AND JUSTIFYING MACHINE.

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FRANK AMOS JOHNSON, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR 'TO TIIE JOHNSON TYPESETTER COMPANY, OE PORTLAND, MAINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. como-15, dated July 12, 189s.

APPIGMOD filed September 18, 1895. Serial No. 562,891. (No model.)

been embodied and which is illustrated and described in the present application there is a magazine of type, a stick upon which the type for a line are assembled, and a reciprocating carrier arranged to transfer the type to the stick by a short and quick movement.v

In the stick the words are separated by temporary quads, which are assembled from a quad-magazine in the same manner as the type are assembled.

The spacing or justifying of each line is effected by cutting off spaces from prepared space-timber and inserting` them in lieu of the temporary quads, the latter being returned to their magazine. The spaces for each line are uniform in width, and their size is controlled by a line-justifying quad, which is inserted in each line immediately after the line is assembled in the stick. The line-quads are cut from blanks, and their length is determined in accordance with two factors-viz., the total amount of space between words and the number of word-spaces in the given line. The lengths of the linequads are determined by a series of Wedges carried upon a common support and equaling in number the greatest number of Wordspaces likely to occur in a line. The wedgesupport is movable in two directions. In one direction it is moved in accordance with the number of word-spaces in the line, and this movement brings the proper wedge into operative position. The wedge-support is then 'moved lengthwise of the wedges in proportion to the total amount of space in the line which is to be occupied by the Word-spaces', and'this movement brings to operative posi- 'sponding line.

tion a point on the selected wedge, which is a suitable gage for the length of line-quad for the given line. A piece of f line-quad timber is then ejected from its magazine and placed opposite the gaging-point on the selected wedge and over a knife which then shaves off the end of the timber or blank, leaving it a proper length, and the line-quad thus prepared is added to its line. The length ofthe quad, as above stated, determines the Word-spaces for the given line-that is, it controls the justification for th at line. This first portion of the invention is complete in itself, and its product (the lines spaced with temporary quads and provided with justifying line-quads) may be transferred at any convenient time and in any convenient way to a machine for inserting the final spaces. It is preferable, however, to conduct the lines directly to the spacing mechanism, and in the machine under consideration these prepared lines are transferred through a runway to such mechanism. Each line-quad serves as a gage for cutting the spaces for the corre- The space-timber is fed to a cutter which removes more or less, depending upon a gage which is set bythe line-quad, and the spaces, cut to suitable widths, are afterward injected into the line, the temporary quads having been previously removed. The temporary space-quads are returned to their magazine, while the line-quads and the shavings of space-timber are collected for remelting, being both preferably formed of typemetal. The completed and justified lines are then transferred to a galley.

For a full, clear, and exact description of the invention reference is had to the following specification and to the accompanying drawings, in Which- Figure 1 is a front elevation of the left end of the machine, showing the keyboard and type-assembling mechanism, most of the keylevers and their connections being omitted for clearness. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of that portion of the machine shown in Fig. l, with parts of the frame broken away to show the interior mechanism. Fig. 3 is a front elevation showing the parts in the rear of the section-line 3 3 of Fig. 6, the key-levers and IOO f mechanisms.

lifting-rods being omitted. Fig. 4 is a plan View of the left end of the machine. Fig. 4a is a plan view of the type-hook detached. Fig. 5 is a sectional View taken on the line 5 5 of Fig. 6. Fig. 6 is an elevation of the left end of the machine. Fie. 7 is avertical section on the line 7 7, Fig. o, looking in the direction of the arrow. Figs. 8 and 9 are similar views taken on the lines 8 8 and 9 9, respectively, of Fig. 5. Fig. 10 is a perspective view of one of the fingers for transferring the type to the stick. Fig. ll is a perspective View showing the stick and wedge-piece and the connections of the latter. Fig. 12 is an enlarged view of the differential ratchet-bars. Fig. 13 is an enlarged section on the line 13 of Fig. 4. Fig. 14 is an enlarged section through `the stick, showing the type-retaining pawl and the extension guard-plate. Fig. 15 is a plan of the right end of the machine, showing the spacing mechanism, parts being broken away. Fig. 1G is a partial section on the line 1G, Fig. l5. Fig. 17 is a side View of the cam and cam-lever shown on the right of Fig. 16. Fig. 18 is an elevation of the right end of the machine. Fig. 19 is a rear View of the right end of the machine. Fig. 2O is a section on the line 2O of Fig. 19, looking in the direction of the arrow. Fig. 2l is a front view of the left hand of the machine, showing the galley. Fig. 22 is a perspective view of portions of the mechanism for prepa-ring the justifyingspaces and inserting them in a line and portions of the galley and devices for transferring the line to the galley, part of the runway being shown in dotted lines; and Fig. 23 is an enlarged vertical section taken on the line 23, Fig. 15. Fig. 24 is a perspective view of one of the temporar T quads. Fig. 25 is a similar View of one of the justifying linequads. Fig. 2G is a similar View of one of the blanks for final spaces. Fig. 26a is a perspective view showing one of the nal spaceblanks cut in two. Fig. 27 is a sectional view looking from the rear, showing the devices for returning the temporary quads to their magazine. Fig. 2S is a section on the line 28 of Fig. 7. Fig. 29 is a View showing means for transferring the line from the assembling to the space-inserting mechanism, the parts being shown detached from the frame. Fig. 30 is an enlarged view of part of the mechanism shown on Fig. S). Fig. 31 is a plan view of the elevator and some of the adjacent parts. Fig. 32 is a side view of the elevator, and Fig. 33 is a section on the line 33 of Fig. 15.

The various working parts of the machine are mounted upon a main frame which consists, chiefly, of a table X, supported upon standards w, and a vertical plate-like casting Y, arranged longitudinally upon the table. The castingT is provided with suitable openings, as shown, to accommodate the various At its upper end there is a rearwardly-projecting shelf y, and in front there are two plates which form the runways for the type and support the devices for moving the type in the runway. Various other brackets and supports for the operating parts of the machine are attached to form part of the main frame. They form no part of the invention, however, and their construction, which may be varied as desired, will be obvious fromthe drawings.

The immagina-The magazine A is provided with type tubes or channels corresponding in number to the number of different characters which the machine is designed to assemble. These are arranged in two main groups, Fig. 4, the lower-case tubes being arranged ina group 1 and the tubes for uppercase letters in a group 2, the groups being preferably arranged in line with each other and the lower-case group being nearest to the stick S, upon which the lines are assembled. There are also one or more channels 3 in the magazine for quads which are inserted temporarily in the line. These temporary-q nad channels are preferably arranged between the two sections of the magazine. In addition to the type and quad magazines there is a magazine B for the line-justifying quads or pieces previously mentioned. The channels of the magazines may be of any approved construction.

Tg/pe-sclecting mechanism.The type are selected from the magazine by means of a bank of keys C, which operate through intermediate mechanism upon a series of pushers 4, which are held under a slotted guide or cap-piece 5 in the rear of the magazine and opposite the lower ends of the type-tubes, Figs. 4, 8, and 10. For selecting the lowercase type the keys 6 are connected with 1evers 7 and the depression of any key rocks its corresponding lever and raises a liftingrod 8 at the rear of the machine, which in turn raises the rear end of the type-pusher 4 corresponding to the key. The key-levers 7 are arranged diagonally between the keys and the lifting-rods S of the lower-case magazine. The type-ejecting pushers 4 are formed of spring metal and maybe reduced in thickness, as at 9, to permit the rear end to rise up readily without displacing the body of the pusher. The rear end of each pusher is provided with an upturned foot 10, which engages a groove 1l in a laterally-reciprocating bar l2, resting on ways 12, said bar being crown ratchet-wheel 13 upon the end of the counter-shaft and a radial pawl 14 upon the adjacent end of the escape-shaft.

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